This letter was read at the May 1/May Day Rally and March in Pittsburgh in front of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) building located on the South Side. “First off, […]
Public Letter from Martin Esquivel Hernandez
Single Payer Health Care: The Time Has Come
May 11, 2017 By Molly Rush Federal and state legislation on Single Payer Health Care has been introduced annually for over ten years. It has not been on the public radar and […]
Combating Sexual Violence on Campus
May 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Why is it that campus rape is so stigmatized when, according to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), twenty to thirty percent of young women […]
The Ancients
April 29, 2017 A poem by Mario William Vitale It’s my last day with the old giants In mourning I hike the lost trails, sniffing the aroma of the bark, that cinnamon of […]
A Story About The Citizen Science Lab
May 8, 2017 By Bette McDevitt On a recent Friday, high school students came into a science lab here in Pittsburgh, put on white coats, blue plastic gloves, and protective eyewear to […]
Pittsburgh’s Thousands-Strong March: Science, not Silent Spring
April 28, 2017 By Mike Schneider Saturday, April 22, Earth Day: Balmy spring arrived in Pittsburgh right on time for thousands of Pittsburgh citizens (official count, 5,000 plus) to publicly show their […]
Speak Out! Protect over 55,000 Vulnerable Haitians in the U.S.!
May 7, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel In late May, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians in the U.S. was extended 6 months by the Department of Homeland Security. Special immigrant […]
How Have you Used Your Rights Today?
May 12, 2017 By Mary King For me, recent events echo not only the Watergate investigation, but also a brief but pivotal period in Turkey. In the fall of 2015, my husband and […]
The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: New Book By Dan Kovalik
May 19, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel Dan Kovalik, Thomas Merton Center member, international human rights instructor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, and labor and human rights attorney has just written […]
Osama Alomar: City of Asylum Resident Writer
June, 2017 By Mike Schneider Osama Alomar writes bullets. He aims them at the dictator inside the mind. To hit the target they must pierce many layers of confusion. Even as Alomar’s […]
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